I received this email from the Howie Day mailing list: HOWIE PERFORMING AT ‘NINA’S NIGHT OUT’ Howie will be playing “Nina’s Night Out” sponsored by Mix 94.1, with all proceeds to benefit the Rape Crisis Center. Oh, the irony.
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Taken is the new single
When you log in to Friendster, just below the fold is the People section. The first—and default visible—tab is “Local Singles.” Except it isn’t. Update: it gets worse:
How did Stephen Colbert get away with it?
Such a brilliant performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner: But, listen, let’s review the rules. Here’s how it works: the president makes decisions. He’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put ’em through a spell check and go …
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great deal on SubEthaEdit
Travis tipped me off to a great deal on SubEthaEdit from the CodingMonkeys. There’s something called BLOGZOT 2.0 on MacZOT.com, where they give away software based on the number of people who blog about it (up to $105,000). I just picked up a copy of SubEthaEdit for $6.95. Blog about it/buy now/buy before the end …
blowing up a g4
so some guy got people to donate money so he could buy a G5 and blew up his G4. too funny.
congrats Mark and Catie!
Mark Erelli and Catie Curtis just won the grand prize in the International Songwriting Competition. Their song, “People Look Around,” is a stark, honest portrait of the United States and a cry for humanity — for us to be more human: Mississippi River divides this land in two, Like the way we tend to think …
the importance of net neutrality
the execs at the telcos (perhaps the same people whose secretaries print their emails — who knows) have this great idea to make money off the internet: meter everything. their argument is that google is getting a “free ride” on their network. well, no, they aren’t. they are paying for bandwidth at their end, and …
technical confidence
Sally Carson, a designer I met at SXSW, put together a thoughtful examination of what happens when people are intimidated by technology: I think that instilling confidence into our audience — whether on the web or on an electronic device — is an important component of good interface design. Something about Phil’s phone intimidates him, …
intedisciplinary grad programs
A lot of the smart, interesting people I’ve met lately have come frm Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU and the School of Information at UC Berkeley. What other interesting information- and design-focused grad schools are out there? Update: Symbolic Systems at Stanford.
My favourite Tiger feature
The title here is a bit misleading. My favourite Tiger feature really is Spotlight. But I want to talk about something really cool that nobody is talking about: kABWithinIntervalAroundTodayYearless kABWhat?